Even though Jen did end up landing the gig it still wasn’t all smooth sailing, with the actress also signed on to another show at the same time called Muddling Through, which meant that the role of Rachel was almost recast.

Jen spent time working on both shows but would have to sit out of promotional shoots for Friends while they waited to see which show would get picked up.

"There was a period where I had to stand out of the photographs for the group shots, and I had phone calls from girlfriends saying, 'I'm auditioning for your part in Friends,'" Jen revealed during a speech that the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in 2015.

"I just started doing this back-and-forth from Sony to Warner Bros. for two weeks".